Introduction: politicians and the politics on economics -- Hamilton: the economic founding father -- Peel: free trade -- Bismarck: the economics of 'Iron and blood' -- Lenin: from war communism to state capitalism -- Roosevelt: the Keynesian revolution without Keynes -- Erhard: the social market...

1. The Concept of Power -- 2. Political Power -- 3. Economic Power -- 4. The Separation of Economic from Political Power -- 5. Power in Pre-Agricultural Societies -- 6. Power in Agrarian and Feudal Societies -- 7. Institutions That Support Commerce and Industry -- 8. Power in Commercial and...